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MILTON B. FRASER, 0F STEUB'EN, NEW YORK.

Leiters .Patent No. 80,158, dated July 21, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COIl'CIslRlT:l i i Be it known that l', MILTON B. FRASER, of Steuben, in the county of Oneida,-and Stute of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in CheesePresses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilicntion, in which- -Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. cheese-press, showing my invention.

Figure Qjs a. top view of be same, a portion of the 'frame being broken away. A

'Figure 8 is a longitudinl section of the press as it appears when s. series of' cheeses have been pressed in it, und before the cheeses are'yemoved.

Figure 4 is n cross-scctionof 'the press.' i

Figure 5'is a detail vicwfshowing the nut with its brackets and bolts, and tho slots d ci ai.

Similar letters oi' refercnice in the several -gures indicate correspohcling parts.

The nature-of my inven ion consists in employinga series of cheese-hoops or cylinders, each furnished with its own pressing-fo1lower or [hunger-,hetwe'dn foot-bleek and n. screw, or other equivalent poweltedevice,r i n such u manner that the pressure, which is applied tothe rst of th'e series of followers -or plungers, is transmitted in the same line and at the same time to the whole series of plungers, and thus n greater number than one, or as many ns ten (more or less) cheeses, pressed at one operation, and upon thc same bed or frame, and by the one screw.

The principle of operation of my press is to transmit pressure in n. direct line through s. gang of cheeses, or, if desired, through a series oi' gangs, 'each gang having alll its cheese-hoops in the same line, and the several gangs being furnished with followers, which are acted upon by one screw, whose hewad-block beurs against the follower ofthe First hoop of each gang; or each gang having its own screw, and the several screws being geared together, so as to operate simultaneously when set in motion 'by a single shaft. v A l The general plan of my'press is such that the pressing can be repeated after the length of the screw'has been once run out, and todo this, provision is made for setting up the foo`tbloeknnd' also for adding to the length oi" the followers ofthe respectivo hoops whenever the cheese-curd requiresrto be very highly pressed or condensed within the hoops. l

The setting up ofthe foot-block may be ei'ected simultaneously with the running baclof the power-screw, bysimply attaching two hook-rods to the foot-piece, and extending theseirods to the blank neck ofthe screw, and

connecting them to the screw by a collar, which moves longitudinally with the screw, but does not tu'rnY with it.

Toenahle others skilled in the art to raalte and use my invention, I will proceed to describe one practical mode of constructing and using the same.

A A represent two -vertical uprights onslanrlards of n. frame; B B B', three longitudinal timbers, tying these standards together. The timbers B B are plnccdvapart, and chamfered oil' at their inner upper corners or edgcshu a, sofas to form a concave open channel, as represented.

C is a foot-block, fitted toslirle over the top central timber Band between the timbers B B, as representen, being constructed with a tongue, 6, and shoulders, c c, in order to'overhang the beams, and still extend down between themvinamnnner to be supported and guided at the saine time. This footboard is kept in any desired position on the beams by moans of pins, D D', which pass through any pair of thc holes E E' ofthe upper and lower beams, in the manncr shown. l i Y i F is a power-screw, passed horizontally through an oblong hole, d, of the front upright, and through a nut, G, which is firm-ly attached to the inside of said upright by scrcwbolts, which pass through slots d' d', as shown. The nut is made adjustable up and down, and when it is adjusted the screw can follow it, as the slots d d d' permit the same. This adjustment is desirable, in order -to have the screw act upon the exuct centre of the follower-board of the irst hoop or cylinder, in which the curd is pressed, whether the hoop be small or large.

The screw shown is adapted for being worked by hand-spikves" or levers, but a crank might be employed, or

gearing, as may be deemed necessary. v

. On one side of tho frame a horizontal or inclined table, II, is to be provided, upon which the cheese-hoops, with or without cheeses in them, may be placed and manipulated.

. power is applied, and thc curd in the several hoops pressed at the sometime.

I [f desirable or necessary, an adjustable holding-down bar may be applied to the two uprights, below the' central timber B', so as'to prevent the hoops springing up from their bedrtimbers B B, or moving in any manner out of position. l

I Il ll2 I3 I represent five rmly-bound cheese-hoops, open at both ends, set uponthe timbers B B.

J J Jz J J are detachable bottoms, applied to each of these hoops, by means of hooks or any well-known and suitable fastenings. l

K Kl K2 Ka K4 are followers or plungers, fitting neatly the interior of the respective hoops. These followers are, say, about one-third the length of the hoops', as illustrated. i

In arranging'the hoops and followers upon the timbers B B, the foot-board is set back, as shown in fig. 1, The filled .or partially-filled hoops,

and the screw, with its follower-hoard, is also run back to nearl the nut. lined with canvas and lled with curd, are rolled into the 'trough of the beams B B, a'nd the boards or bottoms J' J J2 Ja J* firmly hooked or.fa'stcn'ed. The respective followers K K K2 Ka K are' now adjusted, so as to enter the 'front end of the respective hoops, and as fast as adjusted the bottom of one hoop is pressed or forced up against the outer end of the follower of another hoop. All thefollowers being properly arranged, the screw;

If the curd should be light or very porous, and the followers should all go horne" at one operation of running out" the screw, the hoops may be set apart after having been drawn toward the screw, and other short followers interposed between the main followers and the bottoms of the hoop/s, and, then a second running out ofthe screw performed. But, should the followers he made quite long, and the screw should berun ut before they are forced home, it is only necessary to run back the screw, set forward the hoops and foot-board, and again repeat the running out of the screw. ,A

In orderto retain the followers in a central line at the first insertion of them into the hoops, spring-catches are to be applied at Athe entrances of the hoops. These catches, being bevelled, will admit the follower, bind slightly upon it, and, when thc follower is forced'home, they will spring out behind the follower and retain it within the hoop even when the hoops are separated. result, Ato wit, retain thc followers in place after the pressing is done, but they will also serve to centre and hold the. follower while being adjusted.

vWith my press a very large amount of work can be dono with the same screw, thus much delay and inconvenience avoided.

When the cheeses become set and ready for removal, there is nothing more easy than to roll them separately ont of their bed upon the table, where they can b'e removed from their hoops.

In fig. 1 ofthe drawings, the screw is represented as having been partly run out; 'the followers beingshown as only partly forced home. I

In tig. 2 the screw-is represented as fully run out,.and the followers as still not forced home.

In tig. 3 the foot-bloeit and cheese-,hoops are shown as .having been moved forward, and the screw is shown as partly run out, having been run back and again started forward. The followers are now l home.

My invention is particularly adapted for factory use, eifcctually, and saving an immense expense, and taking up much less room.

There are factories which make over avton of cheese per day, and -press tho same by using thirty cheese-V4 screws, each costing eight'oi' ten dollars, making thep'resses cost, for one dny's pressing, between three and four hundred dollars, and double that for pressing two days, which length of pressing is recommended by most good cheese-makers. v 1

By my plan, thirty cheeses may be pressed one day at an expense for presses of thirty dollars, or two days at an expense of sixty dollars, without halt the labor and attention boing necessary t0 keep the cheese pressing by the singlc-screw presses in use, and withal the pressing is more uniform upon a series of cheeses.

By my plan a weight might be attached to the lever of the screw, and the lever with weight adjusted, so that when set free, a continuous gradual pressing obtained, whereas, by the present m0de,tbe pressing can only he done by hand. l y

The gang-screw press heretofore used consists of a series of vhoops with followers placed alongside one another. Mylarrangement 0f the followers all in the same line renders grcat'power is obtained and great economy in room effected.

.I doA not elaimthe principle of applying pressure at one point, of pressing-followers at one time and by the same power, but

What I do claim as my invention,.and desire to secure by Letters Patentyis- 1. The employment of a series of separated hoops, iucombinution with a series of removable bottoms J J J2 Jl Ji, a series of removable followers, K Kl Kz K3 K, and a screw or other press, the devices named being -applied within and upon a frame, A, B B B', or any equivalent lframe, all substantially as and for the purpose Idescribed.

2. The combination of an adjustablebpieoe, C, with said cheese-hoops, and with the screw or other Woll-known pressingfdevice, and with a'suitable frame, A, B B B', substantially as and for the purpose-specified. v

8. The combination 0f the adjustable nul: G with the cheese-hoops, thcirrbottoms, their followers, and with the screw F, substantially-usuari for the purpose described.

Witnesses;

Saur. U. Minnen, Semoun Jonas.

and at one operation, and p their bottoms und their followers,

MILTN B. Fressen. f

The main object of these yhooks is to perform the last pressing a gang of cheeses with ono power, doing it Y gangprcssesstiil moro desirable, as

and transmitting the same throughout a series" 

